Puerto Rico Highway 23

Puerto Rico Highway 23 (PR-23), also known as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue along its entire length, is a main highway in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[2] It begins at the interchange of PR-2 and PR-165 near San Patricio in Guaynabo and goes east to the Milla de Oro business area, passing through Plaza Las Américas and ending at Barbosa Avenue (PR-27) junction in eastern Hato Rey.^[3]

Highway 23
Ruta 23
Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	6.4 km[1] (4.0 mi)
Major junctions
West end	PR-2 / PR-165 in Pueblo Viejo
Major intersections	Avenida José de Diego in Gobernador Piñero PR-18 in Hato Rey Norte PR-1 in Hato Rey Norte PR-25 in Hato Rey Norte–Hato Rey Central
East end	PR-27 in Hato Rey Central–Oriente
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Guaynabo, San Juan
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-22 → PR-24

Route description

Running 6.4 kilometers (4.0 mi) from Barbosa Avenue (PR-27) in eastern Hato Rey to San Patricio Avenue near the city limits of San Juan and Guaynabo, Roosevelt Avenue is densely developed throughout most of its span, connecting most residential areas of San Juan, such as Puerto Nuevo, Hato Rey Este, Barrio Obrero, Floral Park, San José, and the residential and commercial area of San Patricio in Guaynabo. Most of the known shops in San Juan are located along Roosevelt Avenue, between these is Plaza Las Américas, the first American-style shopping center in Puerto Rico, and the largest shopping center in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Also, Roosevelt Avenue passes just south of the Golden Mile (Milla de Oro), the main financial district of San Juan.^[4]

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  Roosevelt Avenue closed due to strikes by telephone company employees on August 11, 2011
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  PR-18 north near exits 1A-B-C to PR-23
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  PR-18 north at its exits to PR-23

Transportation

The Roosevelt station of the Tren Urbano is the only station that stops on the avenue. The other station, Hato Rey, stops just a mile ahead due north, at the beginning of the Golden Mile.^[5]

The AMA has a bus connection stop at the corner of Roosevelt with Ponce de León Avenue (PR-25), and Roosevelt with Muñoz Rivera Avenue (PR-1), just south of the Golden Mile. The AMA route A-3 stops at this connection, and then returns to Roosevelt Avenue from Plaza Las Américas until the end of the avenue. The A-3 does not runs Roosevelt Avenue from the Muñoz Rivera Avenue to the intersection with Plaza Las Américas Avenue, that's the job for the AMA route B-22 who runs all the Roosevelt Avenue. The AMA route M-2 (Metrobus 2) runs Roosevelt Avenue until the intersection of Muñoz Rivera Avenue.^[6]

Neighborhoods

• San Patricio Plaza
• Puerto Nuevo
• Plaza
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Milla de Oro (Golden Mile)
• Floral Park
• Martín Peña
• El Vedado
• Fomento

Landmarks

• Plaza Las Américas
• Roosevelt Station
• Hiram Bithorn Stadium
• Roberto Clemente Coliseum
• Triple S Plaza
• Puerto Rico Police Department Headquarters
• WKAQ-TV
• WKAQ-FM

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Guaynabo	Pueblo Viejo	0.0	0.0	PR-165 north (Avenida El Caño) – Cataño	Continuation beyond PR-2
				PR-2 (Expreso John F. Kennedy) / PR-165 – Guaynabo, Bayamón, San Juan	Western terminus of PR-23 and northern terminus of PR-165
		0.2	0.12	PR-Avenida San Patricio – Guaynabo
San Juan	Gobernador Piñero	1.8– 1.9	1.1– 1.2	PR-Avenida José de Diego – Puerto Nuevo
		2.8– 2.9	1.7– 1.8	PR-Avenida Andalucía / PR-Calle 25 NE – Puerto Nuevo
	Hato Rey Norte	3.5	2.2	PR-Avenida Plaza Las Américas – Plaza Las Américas
		3.9	2.4	PR-18 (Expreso Las Américas) – San Juan, Bayamón, Caguas, Ponce	PR-18 exits 3A, 3B and 3C; cloverleaf interchange
		4.3	2.7	To PR-41 / PR-Calle César L. González – Hato Rey
		5.3	3.3	PR-1 south (Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Río Piedras	One-way street
	Hato Rey Norte–Hato Rey Central line	5.4	3.4	PR-25 north (Avenida Juan Ponce de León) – San Juan, Santurce	One-way street
	Hato Rey Central–Oriente line	6.4	4.0	PR-27 (Avenida José Celso Barbosa) – Santurce, Río Piedras	Eastern terminus of PR-23
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• Franklin D. Roosevelt